Out of curiosity, where did you find the listing about choosing the default release in apt.conf ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Stivers" <stivers_t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; "Speakup Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 4:47 AM Subject: Re: Debian netinst CD with speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:05:03 AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > The disk installs Sarge/testing, but Sarge is no longer testing, since > > it was promoted to stable on June 6. Testing is now called something > > else. So what do I get if I now do an install with that CD? Do I get > > Sarge/stable? or the new testing? Will there be an opportunity to > > specify which I want during the install? perhaps by dropping to a shell > > prompt and editing something? I will be doing two more installations > > later this week and hope to avoid surprises. > > Short answer: If you have the 3.1r0a CD just install it and it'll work. > > Long answer: I think the answer depends on exactly which revision of the > netinst-speakup cd you have. If you downloaded it a while back you might > have a copy that was for the testing ditribution, but if you have the > 3.1r0a version then what you have is for stable. You can of course edit > /etc/apt/sources.list after you install and specify > stable/testing/unstable or sarge/etch/sid whichever you prefer. As an > interesting note, according to the debian top brass who are supposed to > know about these things, changing entries in /etc/apt/sources.list is > not the canonical way to choose which version you are running. I am not > completely clear on the details, but it looks like you can have all > three of stable, testing, and unstable listed in sources.list and then > choose the default release you want by putting the line > APT::Default-Release "stable"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf. This file will not > exist by default. I think this might be a good idea because it allows > you to run selected packages from testing or unstable while keeping the > bulk of your system running stable. It is rather an advanced option, so > as the saying goes "if you break it you get to keep all the pieces." > > - -- > "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, > by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan > > Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCtqzd5JK61UXLur0RA4WJAJ4h7DE6zPXsoRIXs0ZQd2hZURrzngCbBx9W > tv/kn+eJlDdcEThdSo2cHk4= > =ism0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
